Emmy Rossum would love the chance to work with Jeremy Allen White again — but could the Shameless siblings ever play love interests?
“Oh, that’s weird,” Rossum, 39, quipped exclusively to Us while promoting her Hulu series Furious. “I don’t think I could do a love interest.”
Rossum praised White as a scene partner, adding, “Jeremy is gorgeous, but I do not think I could do that. We just [did] 10 years as brother and sister.”
Despite her strong reaction, Rossum didn’t rule it out completely.
“Although it depends. If it’s a great script and it’s a great director, I’ll do anything,” she told Us. “And he’s incredible, so I should be so lucky.”
Shameless, which ran for 11 seasons from 2011 to 2021, focused on the Gallagher family as they dealt with poverty, affairs, crimes and scams while living on the South Side of Chicago. Shameless starred William H. Macy, Rossum, White, 35, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Noel Fisher, Emma Kenney and more.
White moved on to a memorable leading role on The Bear while Rossum is front and center in Furious. Pulling inspiration from the 1987 film Black Widow, creator Elizabeth Meriwether explores dark themes of abuse and human trafficking in Furious through the eyes of several complex — and many times imperfect — characters.
Emmy Rossum, Scoot McNairy in Furious. Sarah Shatz / ©Hulu/Disney / Courtesy Everett Collection
At the center of Furious, which airs Mondays, is FBI agent Alice (Rossum) as she hunts for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer played by Lola Petticrew, who targets men who prey on girls.
“Often on television, we see women who are victims as perfect victims. They’re presented with halos. I really wanted the show to dig into what it actually feels like to be a victim of violence and how it can manifest in really strange ways,” Meriwether teased to Us. “It can end up making you make strange and tough choices.”
The crime drama, which also stars Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Jake Lacy, relies on twists and turns that even the characters don’t see coming. While Furious centers on difficult subject matter, it makes an effort not to show graphic scenes of abuse.
“This is a show made mostly by women,” Rossum shared with Us. “You can feel that in the treatment of the women and the victims in the show.”
Rossum noted that “nothing is gratuitous” in the eight-part Hulu show.
“There are no flashbacks that are showing the violence against them,” she continued. “But we feel that in every aspect of them. We can see the specific ways that it shows up in their life.”
Rossum elaborated: “That is more meaningful to see the way that the history of that affects you now than needing to see it.”
Furious airs Mondays on Hulu.
